If anyone wants to give an ELI5 or a link to a video that ELI5 I'd be incredibly thankful

I swear that all the stuff I find is like super in depth technical stuff that just loses me in no time flat

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

In short it's essentially a protocol that defines what type of requests must be sent between applications and a compositor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    I don't know what compositor is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask

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